Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2545, John Fenn, Conn.

(3-1776)
SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Fenn, John
L 2545
carded
CONTENTS

Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6 th April 1838, from 4 Sep 1838 to 30 Nov 1838 the day of his death. Agent notified 18 th June 1840
Dead
No 7038.
Chic. Pittsburgh
John Tenn.
Established in the State of Ohio who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Tremboise of the Reg't commanded by Col Huntington the Connecticut line for 3. years from 1776
Inscribed on the Rolls of Ohio at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of February 1833 and sent to Sam Hoar Jepson Ashland County Ohio
Arrears to 4th of March 1830 $ 160 — 00
Pension allowance ending 4 th Sept 33. — 40 — 00
$ 200. — 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by T. G. Evans — Clerk, Book E. Vol. 8. Page 111

STATE OF OHIO, Ashland - COUNTY, } 53.
ON this seventh day of August 2 1832 personally appeared John Fearn , before me Luther Spelman one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas for said county , County. John Fearn of a resident of Stearns Valley in the county of Ashland and and state of Ohio, aged 74 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the follow- ing declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7, 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he enlisted into the service of the United States some time in the month of February, A D 1776 for one year in the company commanded by Elisha Frost in the Regt. commanded by Jeremiah Huntington in the Connecticut line on the continental establishment. That he enlisted for the term of one year, and continued to serve until the expiration of said term. When he was discharged at Stanford in said state of Connecticut. That in February A D 1777, he again enlisted into said service in the company commanded by Capt Samuel Fraser in the Regt commanded by Colonel Charles Webb, in the Conne- cticut line on the continental establishment. That he enlisted for the term of three years, and continued to serve during said period until he was discharged at Springfield in the state of New Jersey. That he was in the latter, at Mansmouth, and also in the battles at White Marsh Pennsylvania. That he received written discharges, which were destroyed by fire about twenty years since together with his dwelling house, that he has now no documentary evidence or living witnesses of his said service within his knowledge.
HE hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state, nor is it on the pension roll of the agency of the state of
John Fearn
SWORN to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Luther Spelman
WE, Ephraim S. Bly Jr residing in the township of Andover and Amos Slater residing in Cherry Valley  Andover hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Fearn who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be 74 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Ephraim S. Bly Jr Amos Slater
SWORN, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Luther Spelman
AND Luther Spelman judge of the the said court do hereby declare in opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And I further certify, that it appears to me that the said Ephraim Bly Jr who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident resident in the township of Andover and that the said Amos Slater who has also signed the same, is a resident in the township of Andover. and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. And I further certify that said John Fearn is unable to attend court on account of bodily infirmity -
Luther Spelman
I, the said clerk of the court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of A. D. 183

The State of Ohio Ashtatula County ss 3
I Saml Hendy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Ashtatula do hereby certify that Father Spelman who name appearing subscribed in his own proper hand writing to the within and foregoing and before whom the within Declaration and Application for a pension appears to have been made, was on the seventh day of the present month and still is, one of the Associate Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas, duly Commissioned and sworn agreeably to the Laws of the State of Ohio.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Jefferson the 24th day of August. A.D. 1832.
Saml Hendy Clerk
10.608 John Hume

10. 008
John Heno
Ohio
Ashland County
from 1777 print 3 years.
$ 80. cash in hand
Roll
on Roll for 8 years
J. R. Giddings -

BRIEF in the case of  John Hens  County of Ashtabula  in the State of Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? — a Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes —  3. How old is he? 74 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted In 1776 — Feb 6 1 — As a Private Gen. Capt. M'Kinley — Col. Huntington   again Enlisted — 1777 3 — Private Capt. Grange — Col. Charles Noble  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Monmouth and White Marsh  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not defective 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
H. S. Evans. —
Examining Clerk.

Rev. War
2545 INVALID.
am
File No. 2545-
John Hearn
Dis. St. line
Act: June 7, '32
Index:—Vol. 7 , Page 122
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 2 d , 1840.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of John Fenn, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburgh Pa. Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1838, to the 30 th Nov. - 1838. the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson H. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Henry which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No. — two Citizens XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1. 2. 3 — 7.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeh and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.